Monthly Archives: July 2023

Mysteries Esoteric & Occult… More mysteries… Tarot Thelema Nostradamus Atlantis Alchemy Sacred Sexuality Sub Rosa Tantra UFOs Piri Re’is Map Grimoires Gothic Texts–Vampires, etc. Evil

The Tarot   The best known Tarot deck is the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. There are hundreds of others, but the images of the RWS Tarot are the ones which are instantly recognizable. This page has abundant detail about the history and significance of the RWS deck, as well as other texts about Tarot divination.   Texts  The […]

Lang Fairy Books This part of sacred-texts is devoted to the ‘Colored’ Fairy Books compiled by Andrew Lang. Currently, we have the complete text of this series. We are in the process of adding page numbering and illustrations to the text. At this time, we have added pagination to the Yellow Fairy book.  The Blue […]

The Works of Lord Dunsany Edward Plunkett, the 18th Baron of Dunsany, (July 24, 1878-Oct 25, 1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer known for his tales set in purely invented fantasy universes under the pen name ‘Lord Dunsany.’ Most of these stories were published in collections between 1905 to 1919. He loved inventing new worlds, each […]

William Butler Yeats   William Butler Yeats (born 1865, died 1939), a key figure in the Celtic literary revival at the turn of the 20th Century, also moved in occult circles and knew many of the key figures of the Golden Dawn. He served as a Senator of the Irish free state and won the […]

The Works of William Morris   The Earthly Paradise  Translations from the Sagas  Utopian  Fantasy  This page indexes resources at this site relating to the English artist and writer William Morris. The Earthly Paradise  The Earthly Paradise, (March-August) by William Morris [1868] William Morris’ epic-length poetry cycle set in the worlds of Classical mythology and the fairytale.  The Earthly Paradise, […]

Roma Folklore This page links together resources at sacred-texts about the folklore of the Roma people. Also known as ‘Gypsies’, the Roma are nomads who originated in India during the middle ages, and spread across a wide section of Eurasia, preserving a unique culture and language. NOTE: The term Gypsy was applied to the Roma […]

Prophecy and Divination What does the future hold? This is one of the big questions we’d all like answered. This page has links to resources at sacred-texts that relate to prophecy and divination. Prophecy  The Prophecies of Nostradamus by Nostradamus. The complete predictions of Nostradamus both in English and Old French, with a biography of Nostradamus and […]

The Piri Reis Map   The image of the Piri Rei’s map was scanned from the frontpiece of a first edition of Hapgood’s Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings. It is included here for non-profit archival and research purposes only. Translation of the map text   Recommended books: Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings, by Charles […]